Holy Ghost! - Dynamics
Alex Frankel and Nick Millhiser's 2011 self-titled debut - as reviewed here - may have been a little late to the making-EDM-cool party, but of all of that was quite immaterial when presented with anthems as catchy and sublime as Do It Again . The rest of the album may have struggled to resonate in a year when chilling electronica was being put out by stronger artists like Washed Out, Bjork and Katy B (just covering all ends of the spectrum, there), but if anything the indie scene has only grown more accommodating for such acts with the return of Daft Punk and their Moroder-worship, and strong performances from Disclosure, Arcade Fire and Phoenix. The challenge here, really, is to make an album as symbiotic as their first, but keep the interest running past the first three tracks. And going back to an even stronger 80s influence is certainly a step in the right direction when the whole country (us UK patriots, that is) is currently enjoying adverts blasting Nothing's Gonn